Venerable shoe repair must close for now

Lisa Krantz/San Antonio Express-News

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Longtime customer Janet Westheimer, left, waves goodbye to Estela Salazar, right, on the last day Central Shoe Repair will be open for at least two months in Alamo Heights on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012. The Salazar family is closing the store temporarily to focus on Eddie Salazar's current battle with cancer and hopes to reopen in January. "Just the chit-chatting, that's what I'll miss the most," Salazar says.

Longtime customer Janet Westheimer, left, waves goodbye to Estela Salazar, right, on the last day Central Shoe Repair will be open for at least two months in Alamo Heights on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012. The Salazar family is closing the store temporarily to focus on Eddie Salazar's current battle with cancer and hopes to reopen in January. "Just the chit-chatting, that's what I'll miss the most," Salazar says.